Celtic Christmas Podcast

Bagpipe Celtic Christmas Music #37

Do you love Christmas music? Do you love Celtic music? Subscribe to the Celtic Christmas Podcast. You'll enjoy hours of great Christmas music and entertainment from many of the best indie Celtic musicians online. You'll be rich with holiday spirit and a wealth of Celtic Christmas craic for your holiday pleasure.

A new season of Celtic Christmas music begins with new episodes
of the podcast featuring Celtic Christmas songs and tunes from The
Rogues, Wicked Tinkers, Haggis Rampant, Bonnie Rideout, Angus Mohr,
Rathkeltair. www.celticchristmaspodcast.com

It is time once again to launch my Celtic Christmas Podcast.
This is a 30 minute show where I play Celtic Christmas music and
share a little bit about the Celtic bands on the show. If you have
a Celtic band and want to submit music, visit our website, and I'll
tell you more at the end of the show.

If you have a Celtic podcast and would like to share your
Christmas show with my audience, please contact me at
celticpodcast@gmail.com

My two-hour
Best Bagpipe Music special of the Irish & Celtic Music
Podcast was so popular earlier this month, I thought a show of
Bagpipe Celtic Christmas music would be a great way to kick off the
holiday season.

This Week’s Celtic Christmas Music

Founded in Houston in 1994, The Rogues created a new genre of
Celtic music with exceptionally, well-played pipes and driving
percussion. The band's sound ranges from traditional pipes and
drums to innovative textures incorporating whistles, keyboard and
guitar, as well as many percussion instruments. Always present in
The Rogues' music is that spirit that endears them to their
audience. From technical precision to soaring melodies, a Rogues
album and performance will move you to tears and get you dancing
immediately afterwards.

Pioneers of the growing Tribal Celtic movement, the Wicked
Tinkers have been playing haunting, heart-pounding bagpipes and
irresistible tribal drums as a professional touring band since
1995. With the addition, of the mesmerizing drone of the Australian
didgeridoo and Bronze Age Irish horn, the magic was complete. Sit
back and be transported to an earlier time in Scotland and Ireland,
when battle cries filled the air and strange, unheard-of creatures
roamed the night. Or better yet, get on your feet and let your body
move to ancient rhythms and forgotten sounds.

The first stirrings of Haggis Rampant appeared in the fall of
2000 at the first annual Louisiana Renaissance Festival. Steve was
feeding his renfest habit while looking for places to practice on
his loud instrument. His wife Pam played her bodhran with Steve on
the last day of the 2000 run, and, much to his chagrin, the show
was a hit. The group was completed with the addition of their
daughter Gillian a few years later. Gillian has shown a talent for
writing exquisite harmonies on the bagpipes and the good-natured
father/daughter competitiveness makes them a fun team to watch.

"Christmas Carousing/Ale Is Dear/New Christmas" by Bonnie Rideout
from A Scottish Christmas

Bonnie Rideout is an award winning Scottish fiddler. Her CD, "A
Scottish Christmas" became a New York Times “Top Ten Holiday Best
Seller”. She celebrates Christmas with this enthusiastic holiday
performance that she takes on the road each year, playing at
performing arts centers and large theaters nationwide in November
and December. Rideout performs along with the Scottish Christmas
Ensemble - a group of internationally renowned musicians including
the City of Washington Pipe Band and dancers from the Scottish
Highlands! Rideout and crew perform with spirit and gusto. This
performance features Eric Rigler on Scottish smallpipes.

Just as watery mist remakes the world, and whisky remakes the
man, Angus Mohr revitalizes the brogue of traditional Celtic music
with an American blues accent and rejuvenates rock ’n roll’s broad
spectrum with bagpipe and pennywhistles. No one is ever going to
mistake Angus Mohr for a cover band. Sure, they play songs like
“Foggy Dew,” the 1916 Easter Rising ballad, and “Whisky in the
Jar,” a sixteenth century tale of love and betrayal, and their set
list is peppered with songs penned by Dylan, Pink Floyd, Johnny
Cash, and the Ramones. But you’ve never heard “Ring of Fire” or “I
Wanna Be Sedated” until you’ve heard it with the pipes’ spiraling
keen.

The 2008 album from Angus Mohr is a departure from their usual
sound! This Christmas album features an eclectic mix of styles,
including everything from medieval carols to Chuck Berry!

Rathkeltair blends compelling and catchy original songs with
tight, driving straight-ahead rock-n-roll, while never forgetting
its Celtic roots.
Based in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, Rathkeltair has been on the
road full-time since 2003. Highly regarded for its extraordinary
energy, showmanship and professionalism, Rathkeltair enjoys a loyal
and rapidly expanding community of friends and fans.

In 2011, they released their album "Something Good for
Christmas". It features over 45 minutes of Christmas classics ,
Original songs and tunes done Rathkeltair style for the holiday
season!

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If you're in a Celtic band and you have recorded Christmas
music, then please submit through at www.4Celts.com. Please complete all of
the information, especially the band description.

If you have a Celtic podcast, I would love to share your show
with my listeners. Just email me at music@celticmusicpodcast.com.
Include a link to download your Christmas shows. I will get them in
our feed.

My hope is to release three more exclusive episodes of this
podcast, plus additional episodes by other Celtic shows. With any
luck, you can expect a lot of great Celtic Christmas music and
content in the weeks to come.

Of course, if you enjoy this show, then please rate it on
iTunes, Stitcher or your favorite podcatcher. And please share the
show with your friends.

One final note. This podcast is here to support the artists in
the show. So if you enjoy the music you heard, please buy a CD,
MP3s or show your support anyway you can for these artists.

Have a Merry Christmas!

About the Podcast

Do you love Christmas music? Do you love Celtic music? Subscribe to the Celtic Christmas Podcast. You'll enjoy hours of great Christmas music and entertainment from many of the best indie Celtic musicians online. You'll be rich with holiday spirit and a wealth of Celtic Christmas craic for your holiday pleasure.